Foam Do's and Dont's

The recycling of foam requires careful consideration and preparation. 

PLEASE - make sure your foam is:

• Clean
• Dry
• Smaller pieces preferable to larger lumps
• Baled or bagged
• 3-4 m3 minimum volume for collection from a depot.

PLEASE – eliminate from your foam:

• All metal, including staples
• All covering fabric, upholstery, and edgings
• Any Dacron or other textile fibres
• Contaminants - lumps of glue, oil and grease, or anything dirty.
  

Please see the "Foam Recycling Do’s and Dont’s"  to see the detailed requirements for the preparation of polyurethane foam for presentation to a Collection Depot.

Some expamples of  "don’t send" foam:

   Dacron or other textile fibres                           Wet foam        

No Dacron fibres, but foam detached              Rubber foam

from the fibre is welcome.                

This page was last updated 1 August 2006.

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